You can tell the art matters more to him than the fame. In this movie he turned himself into this overweight, bearded middle age guy making as many poor choices as good ones. Other lesser actors would care more about their "stud" image being tarnished and it certainly happens when you take chances like Clooney does. I was with a younger couple we hang with the other night and the subject of Clooney came up. He agreed with me about Clooney's appeal as an artist and actor. Her remarks were all about how he just didn't do anything for her. More prodding got out that it was all about physical attractiveness and she could care less his talents as an actor. She was unashamed about her shallowness in this regard even though she has clearly shown she has more depth than that in other issues.

Like you, I really want to see "Good Night and Good Luck". I've always been fascinated with the McCarthy era and the phenomena that the citizens of a proud and free country would allow fear to turn them into a paranoid and petty bunch of thugs. It's a refreshing thought that we still have people amongst us that stand up to bullies.

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